Alabama Chapter-AAP members and other pediatric healthcare providers, join the Chapter for its signature event, the Spring Meeting & Pediatric Update! Our topics and speakers have been finalized:
Topics & Speakers
Alabama Early Screening Success Stories with a QI Approach
- E. Cason Benton, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of General Pediatrics, UAB; Medical Director, Alabama Child Health Improvement Alliance, Birmingham, AL
- Elizabeth Dawson, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Charles Henderson Child Health Center, Troy, AL
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
- Kari Bradham, DO, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mobile, AL
Addressing Alabama's Infant Mortality Problem: What Public Health Can Do (and What It Cannot)
- Scott Harris, MD, Acting State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, AL
Adventures in Child Health 2018: and Update from the AAP
- Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; Transitional Year Program, Director, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Smoke-Free Kids: Prevention Second Hand Smoke Exposure
- Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine; Transitional Year Program, Director, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA
Teen Driving and Alabama’s Graduated Driver License Law
- Kathy Monroe, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Common Emergency Room Diagnoses
- Kathy Monroe, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, AL
SIDS and Sleep-Related Deaths: What Parents Believe
- Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Bethesda, MD
Safe Sleep: Questions Parents Ask that You’re Afraid to Answer
- Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia, Bethesda, MD
Opioid Trends in Medicaid
- Robert Moon, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Commissioner, Health Systems, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Montgomery, AL
Maternal Depression Screening: An Implementation
- Michael Ramsey, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Dothan Pediatric Healthcare Network, Dothan, AL
- Mendy Blakeney, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Partners in Pediatrics, Montgomery, AL
Personalized Management of Asthma
- Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD, Associate Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Evaluation and Management of Chronic Cough in Children
Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD, Associate Professor, UAB Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Details and Registration
Special Programs
Hotel Reservations
A block of rooms is being held for our group at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort at special rates starting at $199 until Thursday, March 29, 2018. After that date, we cannot guarantee availability of rooms at our group rate. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-455-3834 or 251-928-9201 (please use group code "AMOAMOA"), or for online reservations, click here.
